TDs make nuclear plant trip

An Oireachtas committee is meeting UK nuclear regulators today as part of a two-day trip to the controversial Sellafield plant.

Tue, 20 Sep, 2005 - 07:58

An Oireachtas committee is meeting UK nuclear regulators today as part of a two-day trip to the controversial Sellafield plant.

Following a major leak of radioactive acid at the reprocessing unit last April, a cross-party group of TDs decided they wanted to see the ageing complex first hand.

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Courts Heathrow Place: UK Place: Sellafield Place: Thorpe Person: Ciaran Cuffe Person: Minister for the Environment Person: Dick Roche Person: Roche Organisation: TDs Organisation: Oireachtas Organisation: Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government Organisation: British Nuclear Fuels Limited Organisation: UK Regulators Organisation: Nuclear Installations Inspectorate Organisation: British Environment Agency Organisation: Green Party

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